First to enable machine learning inference
together with unlimited on-orbit reconfiguration for real time
on-board-processing in space; delivers full radiation tolerance
spanning all orbits
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the leader in adaptive and
intelligent computing, today announced the industry’s first
20-nanometer (nm) space-grade FPGA, delivering full radiation
tolerance and ultra-high throughput and bandwidth performance for
satellite and space applications. The new 20nm Radiation Tolerant
(RT) Kintex® UltraScale™ XQRKU060 FPGA provides true unlimited
on-orbit reconfiguration, over a 10x increase in digital signal
processing (DSP) performance – ideal for payload applications – and
full radiation tolerance across all orbits.
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The XQRKU060 also brings high performance machine learning (ML)
to space for the first time. A diverse portfolio of ML development
tools supporting industry standard frameworks, including TensorFlow
and PyTorch, enable neural network inference acceleration for
real-time on-board processing in space with a complete “process and
analyze” solution. The XQRKU060’s dense, power-efficient compute
with scalable precision and large on-chip memory, provides 5.7 tera
operations per second (TOPs) of peak INT8 performance optimized for
deep learning, a nearly 25X increase compared to the prior
generation.
Building on Xilinx’s space heritage and highly successful 65nm
space-grade devices, the launch of the first 20nm part for space
applications advances the space industry by three process node
generations. It delivers a significant reduction in size, weight
and power, and is engineered with robust radiation tolerant
features. The XQRKU060 provides customers with a space-resilient
device equipped to handle both short and long duration missions in
harsh space environments.
“With our extensive history in developing leading-edge,
radiation tolerant technology and deploying this in reliable
space-grade solutions, Xilinx continues its lead with the launch of
the world’s most advanced process node for space,” said Minal
Sawant, space systems architect, Aerospace and Defense Vertical
Marketing, at Xilinx. “The 20nm RT Kintex UltraScale FPGA is
breaking industry standards and setting a new benchmark for meeting
the high compute requirements of high bandwidth payloads, space
exploration and research missions.”
Reconfigurable Processing
The XQRKU060 is the industry’s only true unlimited on-orbit
reconfigurable solution. The on-orbit reconfiguration capabilities,
together with real-time on-board processing and ML acceleration,
allows satellites to update in real-time, deliver video-on-demand,
and perform compute “on-the-fly” to process complex algorithms. The
ML capabilities are suitable to a variety of problems spanning
scientific analysis, object detection, and image classification –
such as cloud detection – enabling improved processing efficiency
and reduced decision latency both in space and on the ground. As
protocols and applications progressively change, the adaptive
compute architecture of the XQRKU060 allows unlimited on-orbit
reconfiguration to enable customers to perform last-minute product
updates prior to launch, as well as after it has been deployed in
orbit.
Performance and Resiliency for Space
The XQRKU060 offers rich DSP capabilities optimized for dense
power-efficient compute. It is equipped with 2,760 UltraScale DSP
slices and provides up to 1.6 TeraMACs of signal processing
compute, more than a 10X increase compared to the prior generation,
as well as dramatic efficiency gains for floating point
computations. The increased compute capability in space is paired
with massive I/O bandwidth from 32 high-speed transceivers (SerDes)
that can run up to 12.5Gbps to deliver 400Gbps aggregate
bandwidth.
“SEAKR® Engineering, Inc. has collaborated with Xilinx for 15
years to consistently achieve challenging mission objectives for
advanced space communications applications,” said Paul Rutt, CTO at
SEAKR. “We have baselined Xilinx’s 20nm Kintex UltraScale FPGAs
with 12.5 Gbps SerDes links enabling high-throughput, flexible and
reconfigurable modulation, demodulation, channelization and routing
capability in our newest advanced RF Reconfigurable processor,
Wolverine. The Processor leverages the 10x increase in DSP compute
capability for direct RF Sampling compared to prior generation
systems.”
The XQRKU060 also features robust 40x40mm ceramic packaging
capable of withstanding vibrations and handling during launch as
well as radiation effects in harsh orbit environments. The
architecture features an innovative design for single event effects
(SEE) mitigation thereby meeting the industry requirements for all
orbits, including low earth orbit (LEO), medium earth orbit (MEO),
geosynchronous orbit (GEO), and deep space missions.
Development Tools
The XQRKU060 brings a new, simplified development environment
with the Xilinx® Vivado® Design Suite. The redesigned routing
architecture provides extensive routing capacity to resolve common
industry bottleneck challenges. Programming with the Vivado Design
Suite helps to eliminate routing congestion, allowing more than 90
percent of the device to be used without any performance
degradation. With Vivado, system designers and radiation teams can
maximize productivity and reduce development time, helping to
enable aggressive launch schedules.
Additionally, the Vitis™ unified software platform provides
support for embedded software development on the Triple Modular
Redundant (TMR)-capable MicroBlaze™ soft processor. Future
extensions will add support for Vitis™ AI, the Xilinx unified
software platform for AI inference on Xilinx devices and production
cards.
A robust partner ecosystem of compatible solutions for the
XQRKU060 are available today. Ecosystem partner solutions offer an
array of assets for customers to accelerate their space-application
designs, ranging from prototyping boards, space-qualified power,
memory and configuration solutions, and single event upsets (SEU)
mitigation tools and IP.
Availability
Flight units of the 20nm RT Kintex UltraScale space-grade
XQRKU060-1CNA1509 FPGA will be available in Xilinx Class B and
Class Y test flows per the MIL-PRF-38535, beginning in September of
this year. Mechanical samples and prototype units are available
now. Customers can start prototyping with the KCU105 Evaluation Kit
or the Kintex UltraScale Space Development Kit. To learn more
visit:
www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/fpga/rt-kintex-ultrascale.html.
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About Xilinx
Xilinx develops highly flexible and adaptive processing
platforms that enable rapid innovation across a variety of
technologies – from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx
is the inventor of the FPGA, hardware programmable SoCs, and the
ACAP, designed to deliver the most dynamic processor technology in
the industry and enable the adaptable, intelligent, and connected
world of the future. For more information, visit
www.xilinx.com.
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